Nothing makes me feel like I'm out of touch more than attempting to use a new to me social media. Well...maybe listening to a current hits radio station, but I'll stay in my 90's music bubble and dance while telling people to get off my lawn with that one.
Y'all know I'm addicted to YouTube. Like, it's a problem level addicted some days. And many of the channels I frequent have "Reddits". I started noticing that many of their favorite memes and posts come from this website and realized it's something I might be interested in checking out. Having recently conquered Discord with the help of a teenager to explain it to me, I was confident I should be able to tackle this site too.
This morning I decided it was time to sign up.
First impression? It looks like old-school Twitter and Buzzfeed had a baby. And frankly, I loved old-school Twitter more than the new fangled "Nothing is ever in chronological order any more" Twitter.
I clicked the sign up button and we're off!
I signed up as Roxy. Frankly, I always sign up as my author name. A good friend let her pseudonym website lapse when she was taking a break and had a fruit loop level stalker take it over and start posting as a creepy shrine blog. (Note to self: Check that all my domains are renewed.) And I've seen many author buddies have to take on numbers or underscores because their name is already taken. So I used RoxyMews as my login. Although the suggested username of "ConfidentPickle9" was REALLY tempting.
The first thing it takes me to is a list of sub reddits to "subscribe" to and suggests at least 5. Okay. Sounds reasonable.
r/books - Well, obviously I have to sign up for that one.
r/DIY - I bought a fixer upper house. This could be useful. Also, I'm broke as a promise to keep in touch with an ex, so DIY is good.
r/gadgets - All the yes!
r/lifehacks - Please let some of this be making fun of Troom Troom.
I'm scrolling along and then I realize there were some they auto signed me up for. How the hell did a Hot Wheels subreddit get on there? That's what I get for shopping online for Christmas presents.
Once I unchecked all the weird ones, I noticed that I ended up with a lot of makeup and beauty guru suggestions. Either I watch too many of those YouTube videos or the site is using my camera and commenting on the fact that I need a shower and some serious concealer. Back to scrolling.
r/funny - The only suggested one that I kept.
r/NatureIsFuckingLit - F-bombs and pretty pics? YES.
I ignore the whole Art section because I have a serious complex about how inept I am at this aspect of creativity.
r/ThriftStoreHauls - Yaaaahhhhhhhs
I ended up signing up for 11 subs total. Then of course it declared my Captcha was not valid. I guess I didn't click it hard enough? Or maybe I am a robot. Plot twist!
Y'all know I'm addicted to YouTube. Like, it's a problem level addicted some days. And many of the channels I frequent have "Reddits". I started noticing that many of their favorite memes and posts come from this website and realized it's something I might be interested in checking out. Having recently conquered Discord with the help of a teenager to explain it to me, I was confident I should be able to tackle this site too.
This morning I decided it was time to sign up.
First impression? It looks like old-school Twitter and Buzzfeed had a baby. And frankly, I loved old-school Twitter more than the new fangled "Nothing is ever in chronological order any more" Twitter.
I clicked the sign up button and we're off!
I signed up as Roxy. Frankly, I always sign up as my author name. A good friend let her pseudonym website lapse when she was taking a break and had a fruit loop level stalker take it over and start posting as a creepy shrine blog. (Note to self: Check that all my domains are renewed.) And I've seen many author buddies have to take on numbers or underscores because their name is already taken. So I used RoxyMews as my login. Although the suggested username of "ConfidentPickle9" was REALLY tempting.
The first thing it takes me to is a list of sub reddits to "subscribe" to and suggests at least 5. Okay. Sounds reasonable.
r/books - Well, obviously I have to sign up for that one.
r/DIY - I bought a fixer upper house. This could be useful. Also, I'm broke as a promise to keep in touch with an ex, so DIY is good.
r/gadgets - All the yes!
r/lifehacks - Please let some of this be making fun of Troom Troom.
I'm scrolling along and then I realize there were some they auto signed me up for. How the hell did a Hot Wheels subreddit get on there? That's what I get for shopping online for Christmas presents.
Once I unchecked all the weird ones, I noticed that I ended up with a lot of makeup and beauty guru suggestions. Either I watch too many of those YouTube videos or the site is using my camera and commenting on the fact that I need a shower and some serious concealer. Back to scrolling.
r/funny - The only suggested one that I kept.
r/NatureIsFuckingLit - F-bombs and pretty pics? YES.
I ignore the whole Art section because I have a serious complex about how inept I am at this aspect of creativity.
r/ThriftStoreHauls - Yaaaahhhhhhhs
I ended up signing up for 11 subs total. Then of course it declared my Captcha was not valid. I guess I didn't click it hard enough? Or maybe I am a robot. Plot twist!
After cycling back through and blessing the fact that I took notes for this blog which meant I had most of the subreddits I wanted written down, I finally was finished signing up! I did it!
First post on my feed...a promoted one. Seriously? They ARE everywhere aren't they?
Second thing I notice is I have "1 Karma". WTF is that? Hopefully it's good karma. I can't handle bad karma right now. Turns out you get more karma points when you post, or when shit you post is upvoted. (whatever that is)
I'll be staying with the 1 karma for a while. I always lurk for a significant amount of time before I post in any new group or on any platform. Mainly because I have seen far too many people crash and burn due to blazing in and spamming shit everyone knows is a big No No.
The subs are easy to click through and sort, and NGL, I spent a good thirty minutes on r/ThriftStoreHauls. That shit is my jam!
In the end, I'm signed up. We'll see if it's a time suck or if I have a way to kill a few minutes that aren't consumed with FB drama when I'm in need of phone scrolling in public places. Are you on Reddit? Are there any subreddits I need to know about? I'd love to hear about them!
~Roxy
First post on my feed...a promoted one. Seriously? They ARE everywhere aren't they?
Second thing I notice is I have "1 Karma". WTF is that? Hopefully it's good karma. I can't handle bad karma right now. Turns out you get more karma points when you post, or when shit you post is upvoted. (whatever that is)
I'll be staying with the 1 karma for a while. I always lurk for a significant amount of time before I post in any new group or on any platform. Mainly because I have seen far too many people crash and burn due to blazing in and spamming shit everyone knows is a big No No.
The subs are easy to click through and sort, and NGL, I spent a good thirty minutes on r/ThriftStoreHauls. That shit is my jam!
In the end, I'm signed up. We'll see if it's a time suck or if I have a way to kill a few minutes that aren't consumed with FB drama when I'm in need of phone scrolling in public places. Are you on Reddit? Are there any subreddits I need to know about? I'd love to hear about them!
~Roxy
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